๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด 10๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 240,000 ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด – Tour July 30th at 10 am, begins at Event Tent
The Port of Garibaldi was identified as a location that would make an impact in keeping our oceans cleaner and would help protect marine life. Since installation of the bin in 2009 at the Port, over 240,000 pounds of obsolete equipment has been collected and processed, enabled by the vital four-way partnership. The 10-year milestone will be recognized July 30th at 10 am at the Event Tent site here in Garibaldi, followed by a tour of the Port, and on July 31 at the Covanta Marion Energy-from-Waste facility in Brooks, OR.
The Fishing for Energy partnership, between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Covanta Corporation has provided removal services at 55 ports in 12 states, collecting nearly 4 million pounds of fishing gear. Gear collected at the Port of Garibaldi is sorted and the non-recyclable material is converted into energy at Covanta Energy locations, such as the Marion Energy from Waste Facility. In total, Fishing for Energy has awarded $3.77 million in grants to over 40 projects in 19 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, generating $1,532,000 in grantee match.
Lost or derelict fishing gear has been identified as one of the major types of debris impacting the marine environment. Every year, marine species become trapped or entangled in lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear.
The Port welcomes anyone interested to join us for a port tour July 30th at 10 am along with company reps of Covanta, NOAA and NFWF to see the collection bin that helps provide removal services for our commercial and recreational anglers so that they can more easily dispose of gear.
https://www.nfwf.org/fishingforenergy/Pages/home.aspx
